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July 16, 2005
TERMINAL TERROR FEAR
The Brooklyn Papers tells us how it ain't just ugly - it's a death trap:
“Built-in design flaws” of the Ratner buildings — designed by noted architect Frank Gehry — include “a perimeter of high-rise towers surrounding an open central green area with only five street entrances to the entire 24-acre complex,” according to the report, which was based on recent overhead renderings released by Forest City Ratner, the developer’s company. It also cites underground parking in the plan as an attraction to terrorist bomb plotters.The concerns about lack of building setbacks in the report find that buildings abutting sidewalks in such close proximity serves in “maximizing the blast effects of any car or truck bomb passing by,” stating the result could be “widespread physical destruction and loss of life.”
Posted by amy at July 16, 2005 10:42 AM